Shared Ritual

Small scale - A critique on the values embedded within American property ownership, what is the potential to reconcile private space (front yard or back yard) as a shared ritual?

Dream Home

Small scale - A critique on what goes into building a dream home for South-Asian America, what are the expectations and what is the fate of single-family home building?

Market Transaction

Medium scale - A consideration for ephemeral qualities and social interaction in the simple nature of the strip-mall parking lot. How can existing suburban infrastructure serve as ground for micro-entrepreneurship and the co-existence of public and private space?

Celebration

Large scale – Considered as the most outward-facing, prominent revelation of the South-Asian diaspora, celebrations are a dimension of community that use public space to its full capacity while empowering life and imagination. How do celebrations use ephemerality to produce temporary urbanisms, and how are materiality and flexibility linked to the suburban condition?